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Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818 
AphiaID: 158781

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Gnathostomata (Superclass) > Pisces (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Batrachoidiformes (Order) > Batrachoididae (Family) > Batrachoidinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Batrachoidinae
Sources  basis of record: Fishbase, available online at http://www.fishbase.org [details]

additional source: FishBase, version october 2012 [details]

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taxa

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 Species Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880)
Species Opsanus brasiliensis Rotundo, Spinelli & Zavala-Camin, 2005
Species Opsanus dichrostomus Collette, 2001
Species Opsanus pardus (Goode & Bean, 1880)
Species Opsanus phobetron Walters & Robins, 1961
Species Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766)

Species Opsanus astrifer Robins & Starck, 1965 accepted as Sanopus astrifer (Robins & Starck, 1965)
Species Opsanus barbatus Meek & Hildebrand, 1928 accepted as Sanopus barbatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1928)
Species Opsanus cerapalus Rafinesque, 1818 accepted as Opsanus tau (Linnaeus, 1766)
Species Opsanus hildebrandi Breder, 1925 accepted as Amphichthys cryptocentrus (Valenciennes, 1837)
Species Opsanus vandeuseni Fowler, 1939 accepted as Opsanus beta (Goode & Bean, 1880)
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:158781
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2005-05-27 07:39:43Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2013-01-04 15:09:25Z  changed  Bailly, Nicolas
  
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  Citation: Bailly, N. (2013). Opsanus Rafinesque, 1818. In: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2013) FishBase. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=158781 on 2013-05-21
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